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PHOTO GALLERY | 'That's our future': Juneteenth week in Johnstown closes with parade, celebration of...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJOHNSTOWN, Pa. – As Juneteenth Celebration organizers celebrated their past and present Wednesday, Alan Cashaw also found himself tallying up the number of children in the crowd. More than 200 ...
A trip through time to the Dallas communities created by Freedmen
CBS News· 7 days agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when more than 250,000 enslaved people in Texas were...
Juneteenth blood drive raises awareness about sickle cell disease in Hartford
NBC Connecticut· 7 days ago“I wanted to make sure that we understand that Juneteenth is not a day off,” said volunteer Artie...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
theGrio via AOL· 7 days agoIt’s not clear to me how he spent much of his life between 1820 and 1852. He apparently worked as a...
At Alabama Juneteenth event, holiday seen as an opening day for ‘voting season’
Birmingham News· 7 days agoJuneteenth has been a federal holiday for the past three years and commemorates the ending of ...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
WSB Radio· 7 days agoWASHINGTON — (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
The News-Times· 7 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
AG Bailey using Missouri taxpayer money to fight Trump’s NY conviction is odd justice | Opinion
The Kansas City Star· 2 days agoLast week, Missouri’s attorney general announced that he’s filing a lawsuit against the state of New York for its prosecution — and conviction by a citizen jury — of Donald Trump in the hush ...
Voting by mail in 1864
Quincy Herald-Whig· 4 days agoThe 1864 election was at the height of the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln sought reelection which prompted debate about voting by mail, seditious...
Black Heritage Foundation crowns Billings first-ever Miss Juneteenth and Little Miss Juneteenth
KTVQ Billings· 7 days agoMontana has two new pageant queens with a message that Black is not only beautiful but strong. For the first time in history, Billings has its very own Miss Juneteenth and Little Miss Juneteenth ...